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WINDMILL. i 5 No. 265,545. Patented Oct. 3, 1882.

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EMANUEL M. SOHROCK, OF HENRY, ILLlNOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T THEODOREBIOKERMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMANUEL M. Scrraocx, acitizen ofthe United States, residing atHenry, in the county of Marshalland State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin WVindmills, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in windmills; and it hasfor its objects to provide for automatically setting the sails thereofto the wind according to its strength or power, as more fullyhereinafter specified. These objects I attain by the mechanism il- 1lustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation, showing the wind-wheel setfull to the wind; and Fig. 2 represents a top plan view.

The letter A indicates a hollow standard, which supports the variousparts of the mill.

B represents a wind-wheel, which may be of any approved construction,and which is mounted on a shaft, O,journaled in a horizontal bear- 2 ingon the hollow tube D, which is shouldered at E, the lower part extendingdownward into the tube A, the shoulder resting and adapted to rotateupon the top of the said tube A. To

the forward end of the said shaft is secured a 0 bar, F, having a seriesof inclined wings or blades, Gr, for the purpose more fully hereinafterspecified.

The letter H indicates a beam having a collar, I, attached to one end,which collar sets 3 5 over the upper end of the tube, the beam beingprovided with an inclined brace-bar, K,

5- which is provided with an eye, L, which sets over. the tube A andbears upon a collar or shoulder, M, on the said tube, supporting the e40 beam in such manner that it may turn freely.

The beam is provided with a blade, N, and is connected by means of achain secured by a link, B, loosely to the rear end of the shaft (3. Tothe rear extremity of said shaft is rigidly 5 secured an arm or lever,S, which is connected to thebeam H by means of the link T at one end,the other end of said lever having attached to it a rope, a, passingover a pulley, U, secured in a box, V, attached to the stand-SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,545, dated October3, 1882. Application filed July 8, 1882. (No model.) 4

ard W, secured to upper part of the tube 1), the rope a passing downinto the tube and being provided with a counter-balance, l), at its end.

The series of blades G on the vertical bar F are for the purposeofcatching the wind,which, when it is light or normal, does not move thebar F from its vertical position; but as the wind increases in force theblades G, with the bar F, are moved correspondingly out of the verticalline, and the spindle O, which passes through the central shaft of thewind-wheel B, and has on its inner end the bent lever S, is turned, sothat the link F on the straight end of S causes the wind-wheel B to bebodily deflected from its position,according to the absolute force ofthe wind, and whenever the wind moderates the counter-weight b pulls thewheel back.again to its normal position.

The letter A indicates an eccentric mounted on the hub of thewind-Wheel,and B an eccentric-strap connecting with 'a pin on the pump-rod O, whichextends down through the tubes A D, the upper end passing through a slotin the horizontal portion of the standard W, which is provided with afriction-roller, against which the pump-rod works.

It will be seen that as thus constructed,when the wind is light, theparts will assume a normal or nearly normal position by means of thegravity of the ba r F and hlades'G, so as to present the wind-wheelfnll,or nearly so, to the wind, and that as the force of the windincreases the parts will be shifted automatically by the action ofthewind on the blades G, as before described, so as to present the saidwheel at a greater or less angle to the wind, thus securing uniformityin its operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination, with the wind-wheel mounted on a horizontal shaftjournaled in a bearing in a hollow tube adapted to rotate in asupporting-tube, of the beam provided with inclined blades, and the beamswiveled to the supporting-tube and provided with a vertical blade, thesaid beambeing connected to the horizontal shaft by means of a link andlever, the lever being provided with a rope passing over a pulley anddown into the hollow tubes, with the wind-wheel, substantially as andfor its end having a counter-balance, the whole an the purposedescribed. ranged to operate substantially as specified. In testimonywhereof I afllx my signature in 2. In combination with the wind-wheeland presence of two witnesses. mechanism for automatically regulatingits position to the power of the wind, the eccentric, EMANUEL M.SOHROOK. eccentric-strap, pump-rod, and standard and friction-roller,all arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

In a windmill, the pendent bar F, having a series of blades, G, andspindle G, combined 1 \Vitnesses:

J. WV. (300K, T1 1120. BIOKERMAN.

